basehost.eu brutal honesty

Levi

Just found article on leb about tor exit node owner being held responsible for cp hosting. And found this gem https://basehost.eu/ . What the actual f is that?! Is this panacea for all those who seek ultimate fix for free dmca?

Altes

It must be a joke... a delusional one, at best.

Stetsed

He basically says “Ye this country is corrupt that’s why we deal in it”, which is a balsy thing to say but then I get the question “What happens when somebody else is willing to pay more”.

Altes

@Stetsed said:
He basically says “Ye this country is corrupt that’s why we deal in it”, which is a balsy thing to say but then I get the question “What happens when somebody else is willing to pay more”.

Nothing... it's a delusional claim and a marketing gimmick.

You would have to be very naive to believe in anything written on that page.

JasonM

so where is Kosovo actually located?

HostSlick

It Sounds Like Bullshit Marketing when you read trough it.

Surely they might sell Services in this country but it all Sounds Like Bullshit.

Also Website hosted by Worldstream who is strict and does KYC.

"We utilise legacy IP addresses that cannot be revoked by RIPE even with a court order"

RIPE doesnt revoke your IPs even If they are full of crap. They say themself 'we are not The Internet police'

Edit:

but Registrant seems Some known Person
[email protected]
William Weber

https://bgp.he.net/AS205432
https://bgp.he.net/AS205432#_prefixes6

SirFoxy

@HostSlick said:
It Sounds Like Bullshit Marketing when you read trough it.

Surely they might sell Services in this country but it all Sounds Like Bullshit.

Also Website hosted by Worldstream who is strict and does KYC.

"We utilise legacy IP addresses that cannot be revoked by RIPE even with a court order"

RIPE doesnt revoke your IPs even If they are full of crap. They say themself 'we are not The Internet police'

Edit:

but Registrant seems Some known Person
[email protected]
William Weber

https://bgp.he.net/AS205432
https://bgp.he.net/AS205432#_prefixes6

This thread is in response to the LowEndBox article about @William

https://lowendbox.com/blog/man-found-guilty-of-child-porn-because-he-ran-a-tor-exit-node-the-story-of-william-weber/

jar

I see people in this thread already ready to argue with @William and might I offer each one of you some advice for the event:

Pack a lunch.

HostSlick

@SirFoxy said:

@HostSlick said:
It Sounds Like Bullshit Marketing when you read trough it.

Surely they might sell Services in this country but it all Sounds Like Bullshit.

Also Website hosted by Worldstream who is strict and does KYC.

"We utilise legacy IP addresses that cannot be revoked by RIPE even with a court order"

RIPE doesnt revoke your IPs even If they are full of crap. They say themself 'we are not The Internet police'

Edit:

but Registrant seems Some known Person
[email protected]
William Weber

https://bgp.he.net/AS205432
https://bgp.he.net/AS205432#_prefixes6

This thread is in response to the LowEndBox article about @William

https://lowendbox.com/blog/man-found-guilty-of-child-porn-because-he-ran-a-tor-exit-node-the-story-of-william-weber/

Oh i have Not Seen this one.

MannDude

Well now that I know @William is still around, can I get the refund I never got for the hardware never delivered from this thread: https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/171441/sharing-a-4-node-dell-c6220-cheap#latest

Nothing was delivered, and it was drawn out. Thread said some were getting refunded, some were getting provisioned. After a while I wanted a refund on a service not delivered.

For example, two weeks were between my last two PMs. (July 11th and July 26th)

2021 PM Timeline:
May 12th - Presales questions began
May 14th - Paid
July 26th - Giving up, accepted that I've been ghosted by a known LET member and scammed.

Altes

Let's dissect some of the claims..

This is due to the fact that Kosovo is not recognized by many countries, which can provide an added layer of protection against state actors that may seek to censor or attack such content as there is simply no way to enforce laws or even contact the government of Kosovo without causing legal issues due to lack of diplomatic recognition, as contacting Kosovar authorities would imply that the country exists and is recognized.

Officially, Kosovo isn't universally recognized because it's de facto an autonomos province of Serbia, and due to the political situation, it was granted sovereignity over the aforementioned territory, even though it was never an actual country.

Which makes me come to the following point: would that be possible without excellent diplomacy? Albanian expats spend loads of money on politicians, and wine and dine with the elites.

MPA and the like would know exactly who to contact: the US embassy in Kosovo, and you'd be toast. Same with any EU country, they would just go through Bruxelles, and once again: you'd be toast.

Every country that matters (legally speaking) either recognizes Kosovo or has some form of contact with the LOCAL authorities, but also the "occupying" authorities (i.e. NATO) and you would find out very soon that you can't do it -- at least not with impunity.

This can be particularly important for websites and content that promote illegal activities in the source country (eg. copyright violations), freedom of speech, political activism, or controversial topics, as these types of content are often at risk of being censored or attacked.

I'd argue that it'd be trivial to shut down anything over there.

In practice while some internet related laws exist in Kosovo they are not enforced by lack of competent officials (that are also underpaid, and often not paid on time at all), in fact the central government in Pristina does not even have control over its Serbian majority east where militias and the Serbian government hold a tight grip on everything, heavily armed and prepared for war at any time. Serbian authorities do not cooperate with Kosovo.

Half-truths mixed with half-lies, IMHO.

The same could be said for most shitholes of this world; but the statement about militias is hilarious at best.

Further, as Kosovo is an extremely corrupt country, we are able to bribe both executive and judicative as well as getting information about court orders and raids before execution, enabling us to move servers out of the affected location, protecting our clients in any situation. Our excellent Serbian connections enable us to also move servers cross-border and play "ping pong" between both countries, essentially keeping content online forever.

This one is the best, really... it's not even a half-truth: it's an outright lie...

Fun fact, check some of these names and then check their resumes:

https://www.scp-ks.org/en/specialist-chambers/chambers

And then maybe check who runs the judicial system in Kosovo, lol...

It's like reading one of those obviously dodgy ads.

amarc

"Svaka majka bi ga zeta pozelila" . His croatian wife should know meaning. I mean.. guy went full retard. 🙄

And with that beard and AK.. he should make real good friendship with bunch of NATO forces in Kosovo

theraw

I've lived few years in Kosovo, Rules may not be strict or enforced but if anyone reporting something against your services hosted in this country, takes it seriously with isp/police any activity will be shut down.
This William dude if he is from Kosovo and has 2 brain cells wouldn't do such a thing or pretty much is 12 years old and has no idea what is doing.
Or is someone from another country and found some of the providers here that offer cloud servers thinking to abuse their services without the provider knowing.

William

I do what i do because i do what i do, like it or not.

I'm over 30 by now and don't care much anymore.

RE: Kosovo, Captalism is what it is. What i do is legal (i.e. i do not own more than 50% of most companies), if the/some government does not like it they shall make a new law and i follow within the required 2 weeks after publication. I had plenty police contact and always ended up on the not guilty/no evidence/no law side. This is a very small part of what i do compared to flipping IPs. It is targeted mainly at few specific customers, not the public.

RE: C6620, Not alll business ventures go as expected, and my very good Russia relationship has been strained by the Ukraine war (where i am on the wests side obviously), which also affected this... yes refunds are in order and will (and have been partly) be issued, but things take time, simply, i have cash held up in both Russian banks, Sanctioned (Sberbank) EU banks and as (useless) credit with ISPs in Moldova, its complex. My own loss here is also around 2-3k€, life. I have the hardware also stored but it ages sadly.

RE: encryption, at the time it was not simple to encrypt Windows machines natively and all encrypted drives were returned wiped which is just not feasible for many things. My Windows PC was useless anyway for anyone, and just having warez is not illegal in Austria, regardless of source.

SirFoxy

@William said:
I do what i do because i do what i do, like it or not.

I'm over 30 by now and don't care much anymore.

RE: Kosovo, Captalism is what it is. What i do is legal (i.e. i do not own more than 50% of most companies), if the/some government does not like it they shall make a new law and i follow within the required 2 weeks after publication. I had plenty police contact and always ended up on the not guilty/no evidence/no law side. This is a very small part of what i do compared to flipping IPs. It is targeted mainly at few specific customers, not the public.

RE: C6620, Not alll business ventures go as expected, and my very good Russia relationship has been strained by the Ukraine war (where i am on the wests side obviously), which also affected this... yes refunds are in order and will (and have been partly) be issued, but things take time, simply, i have cash held up in both Russian banks, Sanctioned (Sberbank) EU banks and as (useless) credit with ISPs in Moldova, its complex. My own loss here is also around 2-3k€, life. I have the hardware also stored but it ages sadly.

RE: encryption, at the time it was not simple to encrypt Windows machines natively and all encrypted drives were returned wiped which is just not feasible for many things. My Windows PC was useless anyway for anyone, and just having warez is not illegal in Austria, regardless of source.

Welcome back, William 😄

Here’s your answer @sandoz

MannDude

@SirFoxy said:

@William said:
I do what i do because i do what i do, like it or not.

I'm over 30 by now and don't care much anymore.

RE: Kosovo, Captalism is what it is. What i do is legal (i.e. i do not own more than 50% of most companies), if the/some government does not like it they shall make a new law and i follow within the required 2 weeks after publication. I had plenty police contact and always ended up on the not guilty/no evidence/no law side. This is a very small part of what i do compared to flipping IPs. It is targeted mainly at few specific customers, not the public.

RE: C6620, Not alll business ventures go as expected, and my very good Russia relationship has been strained by the Ukraine war (where i am on the wests side obviously), which also affected this... yes refunds are in order and will (and have been partly) be issued, but things take time, simply, i have cash held up in both Russian banks, Sanctioned (Sberbank) EU banks and as (useless) credit with ISPs in Moldova, its complex. My own loss here is also around 2-3k€, life. I have the hardware also stored but it ages sadly.

RE: encryption, at the time it was not simple to encrypt Windows machines natively and all encrypted drives were returned wiped which is just not feasible for many things. My Windows PC was useless anyway for anyone, and just having warez is not illegal in Austria, regardless of source.

Welcome back, William 😄

Yes, welcome back.

Can you touch base on the 230 Euro owed to me?

AlbaHost

@theraw said:
I've lived few years in Kosovo, Rules may not be strict or enforced but if anyone reporting something against your services hosted in this country, takes it seriously with isp/police any activity will be shut down.
This William dude if he is from Kosovo and has 2 brain cells wouldn't do such a thing or pretty much is 12 years old and has no idea what is doing.
Or is someone from another country and found some of the providers here that offer cloud servers thinking to abuse their services without the provider knowing.

+1 for this, the most interesting part here is, since every country apply their own law, as for Kosovo, they comply with any EU/USA law. Especially if there is any complain from US they will shutdown and knock in your door automatically even if that is not prohibited with Kosovo's law. I wouln'd host anything that is against US/EU law in Kosovo really.

Edit;
Btw, nothing against @William he is really a good guy.

stefeman

@William said:
I do what i do because i do what i do, like it or not.

I'm over 30 by now and don't care much anymore.

RE: Kosovo, Captalism is what it is. What i do is legal (i.e. i do not own more than 50% of most companies), if the/some government does not like it they shall make a new law and i follow within the required 2 weeks after publication. I had plenty police contact and always ended up on the not guilty/no evidence/no law side. This is a very small part of what i do compared to flipping IPs. It is targeted mainly at few specific customers, not the public.

RE: C6620, Not alll business ventures go as expected, and my very good Russia relationship has been strained by the Ukraine war (where i am on the wests side obviously), which also affected this... yes refunds are in order and will (and have been partly) be issued, but things take time, simply, i have cash held up in both Russian banks, Sanctioned (Sberbank) EU banks and as (useless) credit with ISPs in Moldova, its complex. My own loss here is also around 2-3k€, life. I have the hardware also stored but it ages sadly.

RE: encryption, at the time it was not simple to encrypt Windows machines natively and all encrypted drives were returned wiped which is just not feasible for many things. My Windows PC was useless anyway for anyone, and just having warez is not illegal in Austria, regardless of source.

Are you behind https://basehost.eu/?

If real, pretty funny though.

armandorg

@AlbaHost said:

@theraw said:
I've lived few years in Kosovo, Rules may not be strict or enforced but if anyone reporting something against your services hosted in this country, takes it seriously with isp/police any activity will be shut down.
This William dude if he is from Kosovo and has 2 brain cells wouldn't do such a thing or pretty much is 12 years old and has no idea what is doing.
Or is someone from another country and found some of the providers here that offer cloud servers thinking to abuse their services without the provider knowing.

+1 for this, the most interesting part here is, since every country apply their own law, as for Kosovo, they comply with any EU/USA law. Especially if there is any complain from US they will shutdown and knock in your door automatically even if that is not prohibited with Kosovo's law.

^

What AlbaHost said.
Kosovo is a country. Whether it is not recognized by some countries, maybe not completely established, maybe a total mess, maybe a highly corrupted state and current ongoing conflicts with Serbia. It has laws within.

And keep in mind EU and mainly USA have high influence over Kosovo.

USA laws are Kosovo's laws, at least digitally.

William

Its fun how people assume Pristina can even enforce any law in Mitrovica, Leshak or Rëvatskë 🤣

The issues there are far less legal than getting depeered. Welcome to Balkan 2023.

AlbaHost

@William said:
Its fun how people assume Pristina can even enforce any law in Mitrovica, Leshak or Rëvatskë 🤣

The issues there are far less legal than getting depeered. Welcome to Balkan 2023.

They did William, last time was with crypto-mining equipment seizure all over it's territory

timmmy

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36837273

Altes

The funniest thing here is that he seems to believe that anyone here will think that Kosovo and Serbia don't work in unison when it involves issues like this. It's only the local issues that neither side cares to assist the other party with -- mainly because the EU/US won't care either.

But I will bet $500 USD that the MPA would be able to get everything seized in Kosovo and in Serbia, too. The point here is that both of the regimes work with foreign governments, and if you think that they don't: you're delusional.

timmmy

@Altes said:
The funniest thing here is that he seems to believe that anyone here will think that Kosovo and Serbia don't work in unison when it involves issues like this. It's only the local issues that neither side cares to assist the other party with -- mainly because the EU/US won't care either.

But I will bet $500 USD that the MPA would be able to get everything seized in Kosovo and in Serbia, too. The point here is that both of the regimes work with foreign governments, and if you think that they don't: you're delusional.

Put enough pressure and things will begin to progress.

SirFoxy

@timmmy said:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36837273

Great exposure for all of the hosts that advertise on LowEndBox 😁

jar

@SirFoxy said: Great exposure for all of the hosts that advertise on LowEndBox 😁

I've been wanting to get in on some of those sweet Google searches for "child porn."

Now if they ever write an article about me it'll say "Jarland was seen mentioning child porn in an arguably positive way on an internet forum."

kait

@stefeman said: Are you behind https://basehost.eu/?

If real, pretty funny though.

Yes he is, easy to confirm.

Altes

@jar said:

@SirFoxy said: Great exposure for all of the hosts that advertise on LowEndBox 😁

I've been wanting to get in on some of those sweet Google searches for "child porn."

Now if they ever write an article about me it'll say "Jarland was seen mentioning child porn in an arguably positive way on an internet forum."

Wtf is wrong with you...

jar

@Altes said: Wtf is wrong with you...

Less than is wrong with you, I assume. Your sarcasm sensor isn't even working. Those aren't cheap.

MannDude

@SirFoxy said:

@timmmy said:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36837273

Great exposure for all of the hosts that advertise on LowEndBox 😁

Yeah, a real good look for LET/LEB: Putting a scammer on display and promoting his business.

"Politicians are crooked and can be bribed"

But can't pay me the 230 Euro he owes me for a server he never delivered. Still owes his lawyer $3,000.

SirFoxy

@MannDude said:

@SirFoxy said:

@timmmy said:
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36837273

Great exposure for all of the hosts that advertise on LowEndBox 😁

Yeah, a real good look for LET/LEB: Putting a scammer on display and promoting his business.

"Politicians are crooked and can be bribed"

But can't pay me the 230 Euro he owes me for a server he never delivered. Still owes his lawyer $3,000.

I get your mad but the article is neutral.